SHABBAT SCHEDULE: August 2-3 2019
SHABBAT EVE - Friday Night Candle Lighting & Services
6:50 PM Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat "Carlebach" Evening services
7:10 PM Earliest Candle Lighting
8:22 PM Latest Candle Lighting
SHABBAT DAY - Saturday
9:00 AM Shacharit (Morning Service)
9:45 AM Latest Sh'ma
10:15 AM Torah Reading and Insights
10:30 AM Junior Kids Program Ages 2-5
10:30 AM Alternative Minyan (for those interested in a more casual Shul experience)
11:00 AM Amazing Kids Program! (Ages 6-13)
11:15 AM Rabbi's Message
12:00 PM Kiddush
SHABBAT EVENING
7:30 PM Mincha (Afternoon Service)
Followed by Seuda Shlishit (Third Meal of Shabbat)
9:25 PM MA'ARIV (Evening Service)
HAVDALAH
Shabbat Ends July 27, 9:28 PM
THIS WEEK'S TORAH TOPICS:
Rabbi's Message: Man's Crowning Glory
Kiddush Comments: The Essence of Shabbat
WEEKLY SCHEDULE
Wednesday Evenings 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
NCSY LEARN & EARN PROGRAM FOR TEENS
"TIMELESS WISDOM" HOME GROUP • TBA
TORAH READING
Celebrate the Anniversary of your Bar Mitzvah by reading your Torah reading and/or Haftorah. To reserve,please email us at office@countryshul.org or call 905-709-SHUL (7485).
This Week in The Country Shul...
THANK YOU TO...
• Fariba and Javid Zarrinnia on their gift of beautiful, new custom - made shelving for the Shul! May Hashem shower you with His endless, custom - made gifts likewise, to you and your entire family!
• to the women of the Shul family who have been organizing a meal - train for Sana and Israel and their new baby!
ALTERNATIVE MINYAN PROGRAM
A more relaxed Shul option; insights into the prayers, topics of interest, and 'Ask the Rabbi'!
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JUNIOR KIDS PROGRAM: THIS SHABBAT, JUNE 29! Ages 2-5
• Children sing selections from the Siddur, enjoy stories from the Torah, and have a Shabbat Party with Kiddush and Challah! Join the fun!
AMAZING KIDS PROGRAM: JUNE 9: 11:30 AM • JUNE 10: 11:00 AM Ages 6 - 13
Loads of fun while at the same time very educational, for ages 6-12, led by a multi-talented and experienced teacher, Shabbat morning @11:00 AM. (Available at no charge).
HEBREW READING CRASH COURSE CONTINUES...
In private! Please inquire at rabbi@countryshul.org
HOME GROUP HOSTING OPPORTUNITY:
If you would like to host the Home Group, please contact Rabbi Sanders or office@countryshul.org
NCSY LEARN & EARN PROGRAM FOR TEENS
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NEW BUILDING DEDICATION OPPORTUNITIESThe Country Shul is committed to serving the Jewish Community by offering authentic Family Services, Jewish Study, Holiday celebrations, and social events, all in a comfortable and joyous setting. Your dedications directly support this undertaking! Please consider one or more of the following: • Stained Glass Design for the Twelve Tribes & the Tablets/Ten Commandments adorning the Ark is now completed!
• Dedicate a Tribe, Tablet, or Lion in the name of your family or loved one for $100.00 per month! To customize your own dedication plan, or for more info, please contact us at office@countryshul.org.
MITZVAH RIDDLE OF THE WEEK
Q: What does one do if one forgets to mention the special section for Rosh Chodesh, the New Month, in the Silent Prayer, at Shacharit, Mincha, Maariv, Birkat haMazon, and why?
SUBMIT YOUR ANSWERS, TO BE PUBLISHED IN NEXT WEEK'S NEWSLETTER!
ANSWERS TO LAST WEEK'S MITZVAH RIDDLE
Q: There is a unique way in which the letter, "ו", is scribed in the Torah Scroll in the word, "Shalom", in this week's Reading. Although usually, this letter is essentially a straight, unbroken vertical line, here, it must be broken into two halves, with unscribed, empty parchment in between the upper and lower sections. It once happened that a Scribe mistakenly left no gap in this letter. While it is permitted to scrape off a letter to rewrite, in this instance, the Scribe hesitated to do so, because there is a tradition that 'Shalom' is one of the names of G-d, and he could not bring himself to erase G-d's Name. There was not one Scribe in all of Jerusalem that was willing to do the deed. The question was brought before the great Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach, who instantly suggested an astonishingly simple resolution to the problem. What was Rabbi Auerbach's solution? (Hint: no erasure was necessary.)
A: There is a unique way in which the letter, "ו", is scribed in the Torah Scroll in the word, "Shalom", in this week's Reading. Although usually, this letter is essentially a straight, unbroken vertical line, here, it must be broken into two halves, with unscribed, empty parchment in between the upper and lower sections. It once happened that a Scribe mistakenly left no gap in this letter. While it is permitted to scrape off a letter to rewrite, in this instance, the Scribe hesitated to do so, because there is a tradition that 'Shalom' is one of the names of G-d, and he could not bring himself to erase G-d's Name. There was not one Scribe in all of Jerusalem that was willing to do the deed. The question was brought before the great Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach, who instantly suggested an astonishingly simple resolution to the problem. What was Rabbi Auerbach's solution? (Hint: no erasure was necessary.)
A: Add ink to the bottom of the other letters, thus bringing the line down to a lower level. Then skip a space, and add ink under the "Vav", thus creating a properly "gapped" "Vav".
LAWS AND CUSTOMS OF THE NINE DAYS
• REDUCING SIMCHA
The Talmud states that when the month of Av arrives (this year, on Thursday evening, August 1, at sunset), one should reduce one's engagement in Simcha. It is a time of mourning for Klal Yisrael over the destruction of the Temple.
One does not build new construction or paint one's home except if absolutely necessary.
Court proceedings with a non-Jew should ideally be pushed off until the month of Elul (this year, Sunday, September 1), or at least until after Tisha b'Av (Sunday, August 11).
• REDUCING PLEASURE
1. Bathing:
One is prohibited to bathe or shower for pleasure in the Nine Days. Presumably, there is a component of hygiene as well as a component of pleasure in our bathing today. Thus one may bathe in a way that is necessary for hygiene only, i.e. a short shower or bath, with water that is only as hot as necessary for hygienic purposes.
Erev Shabbat, one may bathe as one usually does, in honour of Shabbat.
2. Fresh Clothing:
One is prohibited to wear or use freshly laundered (or dry-cleaned) garments or linens, such as towels sheets, and tablecloths.The custom is to wear clothing for a few minutes before the start of the Nine Days, enough to remove the special freshness of putting on these clothes. Freshly laundered garments worn for the purpose of absorbing sweat, such as socks and undergarments, are permitted. Similarly, it is prohibited to launder clothing in the Nine Days, as well.
Minors are not included in the prohibition. Even those who have reached the age of mourning for the Temple (9 and up) tend to dirty their clothing moreso than adults, and the Sages thus exempted them from this prohibition.
In honour of Shabbat, it is permitted to wear freshly laundered or dry-cleaned garments.
If one did not have a chance to put on his freshly-laundered garments before the onset of the Nine Days, he may do so on Shabbat.
3. New Clothing:
One is prohibited from purchasing or having new garments made during the Nine Days. Similarly, one may not wear new garments, as well.
4. Meat and wine:
One is prohibited from partaking of meat and wine during the Nine Days, with the exception of participation in a Se'udat Mitzvah, such as a Bris or Siyum.
Shabbat:
One may eat meat and drink wine at all three Se'udot (meals) on Shabbat. One does not need to stop at sunset. One may continue until one davens Maariv after Shabbat ends.
At Havdala, if one usually uses wine or grape juice, one may do so in the Nine Days as well. If there is a minor between the ages of six and nine, one gives the wine to them to drink. Otherwise, one may drink it oneself.
5. Day after Tisha b'Av:
Although usually the restrictions of the Nine Days are extended through mid-day of the 10th of Av, this year is an exception. Because the fast is pushed off from the 9th of Av (Shabbat) to the 10th (Sunday), the laws of mourning end at the end of the fast. However, eating meat, drinking wine, and listening to music is still avoided until the next morning.
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